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The Dead is one of the twentieth century s most beautiful pieces of short literature. Taking his inspiration from a family gathering held every year on the Feast of the Epiphany, Joyce pens a story about a married couple attending a Christmas-season party at the house of the... Read Full Overview

"The Dead" is the final and longest story in the "Dubliners", a collection of fifteen short stories by James Joyce. First published in 1904, the stories aim to capture Irish middle class life as it really was around Dublin at the turn-of-the-century. Like many of Joyce's tales... Read Full Overview

As part of Bedford/St. Martin's innovative Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism series, this edition of The Dead, by James Joyce contains carefully seclected critical essays which approach the book from several contemporary critical perspectives

Lily, the caretaker's daughter, was literally run off her feet. Hardly had she brought one gentleman into the little pantry behind the office on the ground floor and helped him off with his overcoat than the wheezy hall-door bell clanged again and she had to scamper along the... Read Full Overview

This is a new bilingual (Spanish/English) edition of James Joyce's classic "The Dead / Los muertos". This new translation was done by New York based writers M nica Flores Correa and Crist bal Williams. Esta es una nueva edici n biling e (espa ol/ingl s de cuento cl sico de James... Read Full Overview

A New Year's Eve gathering in Dublin is the setting of this elegant, accessible masterpiece that ends with a signature epiphany by the protagonist, who offers a perspective on the lives, dreams, and feelings of the party's guests. This beautifully packaged series of classic novellas... Read Full Overview

On a snowy winter night in Dublin, guests gather for an annual holiday party at the home of Gabriel Conroy's elderly aunts. The evening proceeds with dancing, dinner, singing and speeches, offset here and there by some awkward moments. Cautious, conservative Gabriel and his wife,... Read Full Overview

Firestone Books (2013 Edition) - Gabriel Conroy attends the Morkan sisters' annual dance, but a series of awkward moments, and a revelation about his wife's past lead him to wonder if, rather than to live a long life and then be forgotten, it is better to die young and be remembered... Read Full Overview

A New Year's Eve gathering in Dublin is the setting of this elegant, accessible masterpiece that ends with a signature epiphany by the protagonist, who offers a perspective on the lives, dreams, and feelings of the party's guests. This beautifully packaged series of classic novellas... Read Full Overview